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OK, got it. Was using wrong sigil. Instead of "+ you need @+. So:
inoremap <Leader>gg [<esc>:silent !~/bin/copy_safari_title.osa <cr>:let @+ = substitute(@+, '\|', '', 'g')<cr>"+pa](<esc>:silent !~/bin/copy_safari_url.osa <cr>"+pa)
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You can append to the named registers "a through "z, in which case you use the lowercase versions of the registers to overwrite/replace their contents and the uppercase version to append to their contents.
So you can use "a3yy (or 3"ayy) for the initial yank of 3 lines, then "A5yy (or 5"Ayy) to append the 5 next lines to that ...
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If your Vim contains the patch 8.2.0924, then try to use getreginfo():
function Foo()
let save_cb = &cb
let regInfo = getreginfo('"')
try
norm! y{motion}
do something
finally
let &cb = save_cb
call setreg('"', regInfo)
endtry
endfunction
The latter function returns a dictionary providing ...
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If you have a line of text consisting of just :w, doing yy on that line will yank it into @" with the <Enter> character automatically. But with other control keys you would have to physically enter it on the line of text to be yanked.
Also :set cpoptions+=> Ensures that whatever is copied/appended to a register is terminated by ONE newline, ...
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You need to have the actual terminal code of <CR> in your yanked text instead of the literal characters <CR>.
To input the terminal code in insert mode you need to use ctrl+v and then the key you want to input, here Enter. See :h i_CTRL-V
So the text you will yank should look something like
:w^M
Once you yank it and use @" Vim will consider ^...
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